Meaning

4 senses

  1. A changeling.

  2. Someone from the Moon.

  3. (archaic)A simpleton; a lunatic.

  4. (archaic, poetic)One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved.

Origin

From moon + -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.

From moon + -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.

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Forms

plural: moonlings
Singularmoonling
Pluralmoonlings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moonA1mooncakemoonlightB2moonlitmoonshinemoorC2
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